\section{Workshop Format}
\label{sec:Format}

\subsection{Paper Format}
\label{sec:PaperFormat}

In order to combine the workshop attractiveness, and the reproducibility theme, we will propose different paper categories that are required to use a specific case study as a running example or challenge for tools:
\begin{description}
   \item[Full research papers (10 pages)] intended to present novel innovative approaches, using one of our case studies either as a running example or as case study for providing an evaluation of the proposed approaches;
   \item[Short papers (8 pages)] presenting research results or ongoing work, with the same requirement than the previous category;
   \item[Tool papers / Demo papers (6 pages)] intended to present novel tool features or tools and to provide showcases for our case studies.
\end{description}

\noindent Contributions will be handled with EasyChair. The submissions have to follow the Springer \textsc{Lncs} format.

\subsection{Paper Evaluation Process}
\label{sec:PaperEvaluationProcess}

Since \VOLT is a stable workshop with regular, committed \textsc{Pc} members, we will ensure at least three reviews per papers in one round, eventually followed by discussions about borderline papers.

\subsection{Paper Publication}
\label{sec:PaperPublication}

We expect the accepted papers to be published as pre-workshop proceedings on the \VOLT website. As post-workshop proceedings we aim at making them available online through \textsc{Ceur} Workshop Proceedings (\url{http://ceur-ws.org}), as we did last year \cite{P:VOLT:2014}.

\subsection{Workshop Format}
\label{sec:WorkshopFormat}

The workshop is intended to last one day. In the morning, we will have a keynote and the presentation of papers; while the afternoon will be dedicated to discussions in smaller groups.

The keynote has always been an attractive event for \VOLT: it allows to convey to the participants new information about an ongoing project or a mature research line.

We expect the morning session to include a significant portion dedicated to demo/tool papers, since this paper category represents a novelty for the workshop history, and responds to the \textsc{Staf} theme. We will nevertheless adapt to the number, quality and category repartition of the accepted papers.

The afternoon session will be primarily built live: theoretical as well as very practical topics will be derived from the different solutions accepted for presentation, but also from the interest and concerns of the audience. We will nevertheless prepare a serie of topics submitted to discussion beforehand to guide the different groups during their discussions.

\subsection{Expected Participation}
\label{sec:ExpectedParticipation}

In the previous editions, \VOLT has attracted between 20 and 30 participants, with a peak for the keynote and the discussion sessions in the afternoons. We are confident to welcome the same amount of attendees for this edition.

\subsection{Equipment}
\label{sec:Equipment}

The equipment required for VOLT is a desktop projector for the presentations, and a whiteboard as well as one or two flipchart(s) for discussion phases (to allow for working in groups).